Gearbox Clutch CVs - Diesel Clutch Slave Bracket

Slave cylinder support bracket breakage

Instance

TD Diesel Syncro

Flange with hole for starter motor bolt can break (see pics)

This can be a show stopper (see get you home fix)

Get you home fix

Using a ratchet strap, follwoing method can support the slave sufficiently well to get you a a few hundred miles home...

Find hook end of strap; make a 2.5 ft loop at that end; put loop through gap under starter motor, drop down o/s of bellhousing Connect hook into exisiting hole in n/s edge of slave bracket Bring other free-end around slave as shown and down n/s of bellhousing, avoiding driveshaft/CV joint Connect up tensioner ratchet Hold slave in position (towards bellhousing) and tighten gradually ensuring strap is even and not caught up, watch slave for position and distortion, tighten tight.